Explore 36 historical events from 1080–1089.
The King of Hungary was the ruling head of state of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1000 to 1918. The style of title "Apostolic King of Hungary" was endorsed by Pope Clement XIII in 17…
The first King of Hungary, Stephen I, and his son, Prince Emeric, are canonized, a date now celebrated as a National…
Munjong, personal name Wang Hwi, was the 11th monarch of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea.
King Munjong of Goryeo (born 1019)
The Normans were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and locals of West Francia. The Norse settlements in We…
The Normans defeat the Byzantine Empire in the Battle of Dyrrhachium.
Eusebius (Bruno) of Angers was bishop of Angers, France.
Bishop Eusebius of Angers
Nikephoros Palaiologos was a Byzantine general of the 11th century.
Nikephoros Palaiologos, Byzantine general
The Byzantine–Norman wars were a series of military conflicts between the Normans and the Byzantine Empire fought from c. 1040 to 1186 involving the Norman-led Kingdom of Sicily in…
Byzantine–Norman wars: Robert Guiscard led an invasion of the Byzantine Empire, capturing Dyrrhachium in present-day…
Harald Hen was King of Denmark from 1076 to 1080. Harald III was an illegitimate son of Danish king Sweyn II Estridsson, and contested the crown with some of his brothers. He was a…
Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized
Harald Hen was King of Denmark from 1076 to 1080. Harald III was an illegitimate son of Danish king Sweyn II Estridsson, and contested the crown with some of his brothers. He was a…
Harald III of Denmark (born 1041)
Walcher was the bishop of Durham from 1071, a Lotharingian and the first Prince-bishop. He was the first non-Englishman to hold that see and an appointee of William the Conqueror …
Walcher, Bishop of Durham
Ísleifur Gissurarson, an Icelandic clergyman, became the first bishop of Iceland, following the adoption of Christianity in 1000 AD.
Ísleifur Gissurarson, Icelandic bishop (born 1006)
Rudolf of Rheinfelden was Duke of Swabia from 1057 to 1079. Initially a follower of his brother-in-law, the Salian emperor Henry IV, his election as German anti-king in 1077 marked…
Rudolf of Rheinfelden (born 1025)
Canute IV, later known as Canute the Holy or Saint Canute, was King of Denmark from 1080 until 1086. Canute was an ambitious king who sought to strengthen the Danish monarchy, devo…
Canute IV became King of Denmark upon the death of his brother Harald III